--- title: Yo, what's the switch actually for, innit? — pg3282 tales, Father Grumbler: a fake… · tree and pragmatics description: Yo, what's the switch actually for, innit? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1215 «pg3282 tales, Father Grumbler: a fake cock, a magic switch, and a new tale begins» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1215-pg3282-part16/t5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [pg3282 tales, Father Grumbler: a fake…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1215-pg3282-part16/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · pg3282 tales, Father Grumbler: a fake cock, a magic switch… Yo, what's the switch actually for, innit? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, innit · **To what, where:** switch This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1215 «pg3282 tales, Father Grumbler: a fake cock, a magic switch, and a new tale begins» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1215-pg3282-part16/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1215-pg3282-part16:t5:1 # text = Yo, what's the switch actually for, innit? 1 Yo yo INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 switch switch NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 actually actually ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 innit innit VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | the switch | | | | actually *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **innit** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Dusting jackets, and thrashing folk ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1215-pg3282-part16:t5:o1:1 # text = Dusting jackets, and thrashing folk 1 Dusting dusting NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 jackets jacket NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 thrashing thrash VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 6 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **thrash** | gerund | Dusting jackets *not said here* | folk | | | | | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent folk=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Hitting folk ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1215-pg3282-part16:t5:o2:1 # text = Hitting folk 1 Hitting hit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hit** | gerund | | folk | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme folk=Co-Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Shooing flies, and beating folk ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1215-pg3282-part16:t5:o3:1 # text = Shooing flies, and beating folk 1 Shooing shoo VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 flies fly NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 beating beat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 6 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shoo** | gerund | | flies | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fly=Theme | | 2 | **beat** | gerund | | folk | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location folk=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Dusting coats ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1215-pg3282-part16:t5:o4:1 # text = Dusting coats 1 Dusting dusting NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 coats coat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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